Ezra 1:2

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Related verses

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• Isaiah 45:12–13
  It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
• Isaiah 44:26–45:1
  …who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
• Daniel 5:19–21
  Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
• Daniel 5:23
  Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
• Daniel 4:32
  You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”
• 1 Kings 8:27
  But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
• Jeremiah 10:11
  Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
• 2 Chronicles 2:12
  And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
• Daniel 4:25
  You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
• Isaiah 66:1
  This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
• Daniel 2:21
  He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
• Daniel 2:37–38
  You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

Parallels

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2 Chronicles 36:22–23· Isaiah 45:1–25

People

Cyrus: Persian Emperor who decreed the rebuilding of the Temple· Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions· Persia: An empire that ruled over the exiled Jews

Glossary

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Assumption of Moses· Book of Ezra· Book of Nehemiah· Cyrus Cylinder· Cyrus the Great· Ecbatana· Elam (Place), Elamites· Ezekiel, Book of· First Book of Esdras· History of Israel· Inscriptions· Jerusalem· Judaism· Persia, Persians· Postexilic Period· Sheshbazzar· Temple· Zechariah, Book of

Topics

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Church and State: State Favorable to Religion: Cyrus, in his Proclamation to Restore the Temple at Jerusalem· Emancipation: Proclamation of by Cyrus· Heathen: Cyrus· Heathen: Divine Revelations Given to Cyrus· Jerusalem: Rebuilding of, Ordered by Proclamation of Cyrus· Jerusalem: Rebuilt After the Captivity by Order of Cyrus· Kings: should Promote the Interests of the Church· Liberality: Cyrus· Liberality: General Scriptures Concerning· Medo-Persian Kingdom: The Jews Delivered from Captivity by Means of· Obedience: Cyrus· Proclamation: Emancipation· Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Cyrus Decrees Their Restoration· Servant: Bond: Emancipation of· Servant: Emancipation of· The Jews: Restored to Their own Land by Cyrus· the Second Temple: Cyrus: Gave a Decree for Building, in the First Year of his Reign